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RahXephon Theatrical Movie DVD (Hyb)
suki yuki - Jul 22 2004 Rating: Pretty good! a little disappointing i was a little disappointed with how this movie went after waiting forever to watch it. the animation is gorgeous in some scenes and ok in others. the reason being they used refurbished scenes from the tv series and added into the movie making it stick out like a sore thumb. however, it does explain quite a bit as to what really went on in the tv series. i just wished they ended it better as i am totally confused as to what happened at the end. oh well, i'll watch it again and maybe it'll make more sense a second time around. Josh A. Murray - Jul 28 2004 Rating: "Okay." Discordant Melody As a huge fan of the RahXephon original series, I was fairly disappointed after viewing the movie. They are cramming a fantastic 13 hour story into just 2 hours - thus leaving the entire thing feeling like it's on fast forward. Character development is non-existant (since there's no time for it) and you meet most characters either already fully developed, in some cases completely changed, and some even totally removed! A story as complex as RahXephon with its large character base and overlapping storylines cannot be compressed...and this movie is proof of that. The most tragic part is that there was no emotion behind any of the scenes. After viewing the original series over and over again, moments and music still continue to have an emotional impact on me each time I watch. Seeing these same scenes in the movie, only chopped to pieces, didn't touch me at all. There were segments that I was especially upset with since they thrust you to the climax without any sort of buildup - and without that guidepost you have no attachment to the characters, no anticipation of events, and thus no emotional connection. Fortunately, in all of the rather LARGE gaps between scenes, I already knew what had happened (since having viewed the series all the way through a dozen times at least), so I was able to keep a decent track of the story...otherwise I would have been utterly lost. I even noticed two errors, two things that the original series clearly contradicts. It seems to me that they just created the movie as a place to put their new scenes and dialogue, and then put the rest in as filler. Those new scenes are interesting. They are informative and reveal some of the questions that the series does not answer, but it almost seems too obvious. One of the best things about RahXephon is that you can spend hours puzzling it out, finding new 'hidden' hints in the series you never picked up on before. Each time through I discover something new, some small word or phrase, or backdrop that hints of events to come that I never noticed before. The movie felt like it was almost a cliff notes version of the series, from the beginning to end everything was given to you plain and simple. There was no puzzle...no thinking involved. The English voice acting is only average - the same actors (who were absolutely brilliant in the series) seemed mundane with the new dialogue. It felt like a rushed job, no time spent to get the inflection and mood of lines just right, almost as if did one take and called it good. On the plus side, the box and packaging is wonderful. I much prefer the art on the new box as opposed to the original series box - and the DVD case itself matches the same style as the originals, so it matches perfectly. The music is still wonderful, however feels out of place. Songs you have come to associate with certain characters or emotions in the original series, are not where you expect them to be. So overall I'd recommend watching the original series a few times, I still hold that as one of the greatest stories ever told. Watch it over and over until you have puzzled out most of the mysteries yourself, then watch it again and find the hints and clues that you didn't catch (both audio and visual). Pickup the new art box - but I wouldn't recommend watching the movie until after you've strongly oriented yourself to the original series...that way the movie's impact on your perception of the story will be minimal. Hakeem Ali-Bocas - Jul 31 2004 zionmaster01@hotmail.com Rating: "Okay." Too rushed Not all that great. If you never watched the tv series you would not have any clue what was going on here so watch the tv series first. With that said this movie was rushed to the extreme. They even used the some of the same scenes from the tv series which is really lame. The story was ok but there is no character development and since they copied scenes from the tv series it doesnt seem to fit well at times. A good movie made from a series was Escaflowne , that was good! I was hoping this would be something more like that but it wasn't it was pretty bad. The only good thing about it was that it did give some backstory that helps explain some things that didn't come out in the series. But other than that its really not so good. |
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